Increase in Tuberculosis Cases among Prisoners, Brazil, 2009–2014
During 2009–2014, incarceration rates in Brazil rose 34%, and tuberculosis (TB) cases among prisoners rose 28.8%. The proportion of national TB cases that occurred among prisoners increased from 6.2% to 8.4% overall and from 19.3% to 25.6% among men 20–29 years of age.
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| author | Paul M. Bourdillon Crhistinne C.M. Gonçalves Daniele Maria Pelissari Denise Arakaki-Sanchez Albert I. Ko Julio Croda Jason R. Andrews |
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| description | During 2009–2014, incarceration rates in Brazil rose 34%, and tuberculosis (TB) cases among prisoners rose 28.8%. The proportion of national TB cases that occurred among prisoners increased from 6.2% to 8.4% overall and from 19.3% to 25.6% among men 20–29 years of age. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f9c0c47af6d0428f9174e2fe381539f42022-12-22T02:50:18ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592017-03-0123349649910.3201/eid2303.161006Increase in Tuberculosis Cases among Prisoners, Brazil, 2009–2014Paul M. BourdillonCrhistinne C.M. GonçalvesDaniele Maria PelissariDenise Arakaki-SanchezAlbert I. KoJulio CrodaJason R. AndrewsDuring 2009–2014, incarceration rates in Brazil rose 34%, and tuberculosis (TB) cases among prisoners rose 28.8%. The proportion of national TB cases that occurred among prisoners increased from 6.2% to 8.4% overall and from 19.3% to 25.6% among men 20–29 years of age.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/3/16-1006_articletuberculosisTBprisonsprisonersBrazilMycobacterium |
| spellingShingle | Paul M. Bourdillon Crhistinne C.M. Gonçalves Daniele Maria Pelissari Denise Arakaki-Sanchez Albert I. Ko Julio Croda Jason R. Andrews Increase in Tuberculosis Cases among Prisoners, Brazil, 2009–2014 Emerging Infectious Diseases tuberculosis TB prisons prisoners Brazil Mycobacterium |
| title | Increase in Tuberculosis Cases among Prisoners, Brazil, 2009–2014 |
| title_full | Increase in Tuberculosis Cases among Prisoners, Brazil, 2009–2014 |
| title_fullStr | Increase in Tuberculosis Cases among Prisoners, Brazil, 2009–2014 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increase in Tuberculosis Cases among Prisoners, Brazil, 2009–2014 |
| title_short | Increase in Tuberculosis Cases among Prisoners, Brazil, 2009–2014 |
| title_sort | increase in tuberculosis cases among prisoners brazil 2009 2014 |
| topic | tuberculosis TB prisons prisoners Brazil Mycobacterium |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/3/16-1006_article |
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